Best Actress:1. Rosanna Arquette, Desperately Seeking Susan2. Mia Farrow, The Purple Rose of Cairo3. Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple4. Anne Alvaro, City of Pirates5. Joyce Hyser, Just One of the Guys

Lea Thompson and Michael J. Fox in Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future

Best Original Screenplay:1. Back to the Future — Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale2. Brazil — Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown3. The Purple Rose of Cairo – Woody Allen4. Tampopo – Juzo Itami5. When Father Was Away on Business – Abdulah Sidran